Let's go together next time.Originally Posted by scenar
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No caterpillar but found a real cat staring at me while shooting one of the skippers
CHNG
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23. Pithauria marsena.
24. Halpe arcuata.
25. Wow! Look like you found an entirely new species of Lycaenid or this is some kind of clubbed antennae moth.
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No time to process my shots so far. Swamped with work the moment I got back to office.
Just did more shots of the Malayan Owl.
Last edited by Commander; 12-Aug-2011 at 09:44 AM.
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Seow, in this particular case, I don't think this is the Great Archduke (Lexias cyanipardus sandakana). Whilst the underside of this male, and probably the one that Anthony shot, does not have the pale blue colour, my view is that it's definitely not L. cyanipardus. I have specimens of L. cyanipardus from Panti Forest, and the underside is olive green shaded, instead of this reddish brown. The size also does not match.
Whilst Loke was shooting the underside, I was shooting the upperside of the same male that was in the drain. The upperside is quite obviously the common Archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana). There may be a subspecies that does not have the blue scaling on the underside of the hindwings or just an aberration. Or is there another Lexias species that we're not aware of?
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Post 36
Ancistroides nigrita.
H. vitta
Halpe arcuata
C. aurivittatus
Post 48
A. puspa
Halpe pelethronix-probably.
T. linna same as post 55.
H. arcuata.
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You are right. I was wondering why no one IDed it as the Archduke, and then I saw the subapical white spot.Seow, in this particular case, I don't think this is the Great Archduke (Lexias cyanipardus sandakana). Whilst the underside of this male, and probably the one that Anthony shot, does not have the pale blue colour, my view is that it's definitely not L. cyanipardus. I have specimens of L. cyanipardus from Panti Forest, and the underside is olive green shaded, instead of this reddish brown. The size also does not match.
Whilst Loke was shooting the underside, I was shooting the upperside of the same male that was in the drain. The upperside is quite obviously the common Archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana). There may be a subspecies that does not have the blue scaling on the underside of the hindwings or just an aberration. Or is there another Lexias species that we're not aware of?
I forgot the underside colour is very different.
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Post 54
H. arcuata underside as in Fleming. Note subapical spots one large one small.
Post 54
26. A. unicolor male.
27. A. strigatus male.
28. A. unicolor female.
29 T. linna: hindwing band ends at vein 6 topside;dark veins above, none below(darkend in hilda).
30. Halpe elana.
Post 60
31. Athyma pravara.
32. P. philonome
33. Nacaduba beroe: typical male ; darkened wingbase; reduced/obsolete dark lines in forewing postdiscal band.
34. Prosotas bhutea.
35. Una usta.
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Post 29
The little skipper which have the marking of a Halpe species is actually Aeromachus pygmaeus, a skipper normally found in the north. Note very short blunt antennae without apiculus.
This leaves the puzzling no. 25.
I have look through the Castniid moths and nothing like it is seen.
It looks like a Lycaenid but the antennae are too long.
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